Next gen will about Smart OSs and Nintendo/Sony will be Android OEMs. (updated with MS massive leak)

[noname2200]

superchunk said:

noname2200 said:

If you want to amend your point to "from now on game consoles will also have lots of multi-media capabilities!" then I'd say "yeah, sounds about right." If you're going to stick to your point that multimedia capabilities will be as important, if not more so, to future game consoles, I'm going to have to keep disagreeing with you.

Based on my latest addition to the OP and MS's leaked document... are you ready to agree with me now?

Nope. Because "(f)uture game consoles will have much of the same capabilities as set-tops, because why the hell not?, but they will be game platforms first and foremost. No "equal" about it. Any game console that tries to make the two equal will be pretty much dead, as it's emphasizing capabilities that are widely available elsewhere, and will only become increasingly accessible as time goes on."

I apologize if I was being unclear earlier, but the consumer, not the hardware manufacturer, determines what features are valued. Microsoft has been increasingly pushing multimedia. Multimedia is the sole purpose they ever entered the gaming market in the first place. I am unsurprised to see them ramping up on this aspect over time. I also anticipate that, if they continue to emphasize this aspect of their console, they will fail.